1939 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1939 Season

1938 / 1940

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Eddie Gottlieb (Recording Secretary)
Cumberland Posey (Corresponding Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Josh Gibson	HG / EAS	234
2	Buck Leonard	HG / EAS	213
3	Mule Suttles	MULT	188
4	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	184
5	Henry Turner	CBR	183
6	Bill Hoskins	BEG / NOS	178
7	Willard Brown	KCM	177
8	Bus Clarkson	TC	176
9	Ed Stone	NE / EAS	170
10	George Scales	NBY	164

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Andy Cooper	KCM	1.72
2	Willie Hubert	NE / BEG	1.99
3	George Walker	KCM	2.11
4	Lefty Bowe	CAG	2.42
5	Willie Jefferson	MRS	2.43
6	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	2.53
7	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	2.55
8	Roosevelt Davis	MRS / SAS	2.56
9	Roy Partlow	HG / EAS	2.68
10	Robert Dean	SL3	2.92

Pitching

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	North All Stars	NSA	1	0	1.000	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	1	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	36	0.00
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	36	20	.643	106	56	33	21	1	8	484.1	213	166	452	10	147	345	15	0	18	2016	3.08	119
3	East All Stars	EWA	1	1	.500	7	2	2	0	0	0	17.0	6	6	15	2	8	10	0	0	0	71	3.18	111
4	Cleveland Bears	NAL	16	12	.571	41	28	10	18	2	0	240.0	116	88	219	8	100	103	3	0	3	1007	3.30	111
5	St. Louis Stars	NAL	13	20	.394	46	33	9	23	1	2	279.0	157	111	265	5	98	146	4	1	15	1205	3.58	112
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	17	24	.415	79	41	21	18	1	1	362.1	204	160	371	11	138	189	4	0	6	1587	3.97	85
7	Homestead Grays	NN2	26	14	.650	52	42	9	33	3	2	350.2	180	157	339	18	125	174	1	0	3	1498	4.03	121
8	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	12	21	.364	46	33	10	22	2	0	284.1	169	134	307	13	63	162	1	0	11	1242	4.24	94
9	Newark Eagles	NN2	25	19	.568	70	45	19	26	6	1	370.1	207	177	369	19	175	199	4	1	8	1646	4.30	114
10	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	24	15	.615	59	40	10	29	2	4	324.0	181	157	354	17	102	158	2	0	8	1405	4.36	111
11	Toledo Crawfords	NAL / NN2	7	12	.368	29	20	8	12	0	0	168.1	120	90	182	5	67	87	4	0	4	761	4.81	86
12	New York Black Yankees	NN2	13	15	.464	48	32	12	19	3	3	258.2	168	145	310	27	77	122	0	0	7	1159	5.05	102
13	New York Cubans	NN2	8	13	.381	32	21	8	13	1	0	172.1	115	100	198	14	68	99	0	0	3	770	5.22	102
14	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	23	25	.479	94	51	29	21	1	2	415.1	299	261	460	39	166	216	1	0	6	1884	5.66	87
15	South All Stars	NSA	0	1	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	10	6	19	1	2	6	0	0	1	49	6.00	50
16	West All Stars	EWA	1	1	.500	6	2	2	0	0	0	17.0	12	12	16	0	9	9	0	0	1	76	6.35	77
17	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	6	16	.273	34	22	9	13	0	0	179.0	162	127	228	9	89	92	2	0	11	887	6.39	67
	17	4	229	229	.500	754	470	193	268	23	23	3940.2	2320	1897	4110	198	1436	2119	41	2	105	17299	4.33	100

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Willie Hubert	NE / BEG	RP	6	2	.750	11	7	3	6	0	2	63.1	20	14	46	2	29	28	0	1	2	263	1.99	245
2	George Walker	KCM	RP	9	1	.900	21	8	8	5	0	2	89.2	28	21	76	4	20	62	1	0	6	358	2.11	175
3	Lefty Bowe *	CAG	RP	2	2	.500	10	5	3	2	0	0	44.2	17	12	36	1	22	45	1	0	2	199	2.42	139
4	Willie Jefferson	MRS	SP	1	2	.333	5	4	1	3	1	0	37.0	22	10	36	3	5	14	0	0	0	154	2.43	164
5	Smoky Owens	CBR / WES	SP	8	2	.800	11	9	2	7	1	0	67.2	23	19	57	2	19	20	0	0	2	266	2.53	156
6	Hilton Smith	KCM / WES	RP	8	4	.667	26	13	11	7	1	5	127.0	44	36	99	1	23	106	4	0	4	496	2.55	148
7	Roosevelt Davis	MRS / SAS	SP	2	4	.333	6	6	1	4	0	0	45.2	18	13	49	2	5	25	0	0	1	196	2.56	156
8	Roy Partlow *	HG / EAS	RP	5	4	.556	13	8	3	7	2	1	74.0	25	22	54	3	24	41	0	0	1	294	2.68	174
9	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	6	2	.750	15	13	2	7	1	0	108.0	46	36	84	1	59	54	1	0	2	459	3.00	123
10	Jimmy Johnson *	TC / WES	SP	3	4	.429	9	8	0	6	0	0	62.1	28	21	53	0	24	43	2	0	2	266	3.03	145
11	Lefty Calhoun *	SL3	RP	2	6	.250	13	8	2	6	0	2	80.0	37	28	69	1	25	35	0	0	4	332	3.15	127
12	James Brown	NE	RP	4	2	.667	11	7	2	3	2	0	45.0	22	16	35	2	23	22	0	0	2	199	3.20	153
13	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	2	2	.500	6	3	3	3	0	0	39.0	23	14	36	1	17	20	0	0	2	180	3.23	133
14	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	7	4	.636	16	8	4	2	0	0	88.2	40	32	80	1	25	65	4	0	2	364	3.25	113
15	Jimmy Hill *	NE	SP	6	1	.857	10	8	2	6	1	1	73.2	29	27	62	3	36	50	2	0	1	310	3.30	148
16	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	3	3	.500	16	6	9	1	1	1	55.0	27	21	62	2	22	20	1	0	1	243	3.44	98
17	Theolic Smith	SL3 / WES	SP	3	8	.273	12	11	1	8	1	0	80.0	44	32	87	1	24	41	0	1	4	350	3.60	112
18	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	0	4	.000	5	4	1	4	0	0	37.1	19	15	34	1	12	13	0	0	4	158	3.62	110
19	Ted Radcliffe	MRS / WES	RP	8	4	.667	15	6	8	6	0	0	83.2	39	34	77	2	13	63	1	0	2	344	3.66	109
20	Bill Byrd	BEG / EAS	SP	11	4	.733	18	14	4	12	0	1	125.1	56	51	141	5	22	61	0	0	1	524	3.66	131
21	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	2	3	.400	11	4	2	2	0	0	46.1	24	19	56	2	7	24	0	0	1	198	3.69	91
22	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	5	5	.500	13	10	2	7	0	0	77.1	42	32	79	3	37	36	0	0	1	335	3.72	90
23	Frank McAllister	SL3	SP	4	3	.571	10	8	2	6	0	0	64.1	43	27	67	3	24	37	2	0	2	284	3.78	106
24	Jonas Gaines *	BEG / NOS	SP	6	4	.600	11	10	0	7	1	0	78.0	36	33	74	2	28	33	1	0	1	335	3.81	127
25	Silvino Ruiz	nyc	SP	5	5	.500	10	10	0	7	0	0	78.1	43	34	81	7	28	32	0	0	1	338	3.91	136
26	Edsall Walker *	HG	SP	5	4	.556	13	11	2	9	0	0	85.0	45	37	83	5	33	48	0	0	0	373	3.92	125
27	Ray Brown	HG	SP	7	1	.875	8	8	0	7	1	0	68.1	36	30	76	1	17	21	0	0	0	296	3.95	124
28	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	4	3	.571	13	8	4	5	1	1	69.0	37	31	73	6	21	38	0	0	2	310	4.04	125
29	Bill Harvey *	BEG / TC	RP	1	2	.333	8	4	4	2	1	1	39.1	21	18	39	0	14	18	0	0	1	177	4.12	104
30	Leon Day	NE / EAS	SP	9	7	.563	21	14	5	9	2	0	117.0	66	56	111	9	52	66	1	0	2	508	4.31	114
31	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	10	5	.667	19	9	8	8	0	1	110.2	58	53	105	12	41	51	0	0	2	473	4.31	115
32	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	3	5	.375	10	6	4	5	0	0	61.1	36	30	70	3	21	29	1	0	1	270	4.40	98
33	Max Manning	NE	SP	2	4	.333	10	7	2	4	1	0	52.2	29	26	65	1	25	26	0	0	2	253	4.44	110
34	Armando Torres	nyc	RP	1	3	.250	7	4	3	3	0	0	30.0	19	15	36	1	17	17	0	0	0	138	4.50	118
35	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	3	8	.273	15	10	3	4	0	0	99.1	62	50	95	2	28	47	2	0	1	423	4.53	74
36	Neck Stanley *	NBY	SP	4	3	.571	12	10	2	3	1	0	75.0	46	38	89	5	24	46	0	0	4	328	4.56	113
37	Luis Tiant *	nyc	SP	2	4	.333	8	6	1	3	1	0	46.0	25	24	48	2	15	42	0	0	1	201	4.70	113
38	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	5	1	.833	8	7	1	6	0	1	56.0	30	30	56	9	23	28	0	0	1	238	4.82	102
39	Tom Parker	HG	SP	3	4	.429	7	6	1	2	0	0	46.1	30	25	46	2	21	30	1	0	1	204	4.86	101
40	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	2	4	.333	8	5	2	2	0	0	39.2	29	22	48	1	11	16	1	0	0	181	4.99	82
41	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	2	1	.667	6	4	1	3	0	0	32.1	19	18	32	3	8	14	0	0	1	136	5.01	102
42	Bill Holland	NBY / EAS	RP	2	5	.286	11	6	5	5	0	2	57.2	38	34	78	8	13	19	0	0	0	265	5.31	95
43	Spoon Carter	PS / TC	SP	4	1	.800	8	6	2	3	0	0	45.2	34	28	52	5	23	24	0	0	2	206	5.52	79
44	Jim Missouri *	PS	RP	1	3	.250	14	9	3	3	1	0	66.0	47	41	66	8	28	31	0	0	1	299	5.59	88
45	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	3	3	.500	14	6	6	1	0	1	51.1	37	32	60	4	23	28	0	0	0	231	5.61	88
46	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	1	4	.200	5	4	0	3	0	0	33.0	31	22	40	2	16	12	1	0	1	164	6.00	72
47	Roy Welmaker *	HG / PS	SP	4	4	.500	13	9	5	4	0	0	64.2	52	44	79	4	28	45	1	0	0	303	6.12	81
48	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	0	2	.000	3	2	0	1	0	0	14.1	24	17	27	2	5	7	1	0	1	78	10.67	37
49	Blanch Moody	SAS	RP	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	9	5	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	19	19.29	16

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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